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In a West African village, Abeni, a willowy fifteen-year old, awaits the initiation that will complete her journey to adulthood. A world away, in a Baltimore tavern, Caleb Lawson – a striking young man from a small town in western New York -- is being plied with liquor by two crafty southerners. The year is 1859, and the United States is edging ever closer to disunion. A clandestine plot to revive the Atlantic slave trade brings the lives of the African girl and the Yankee together, forging a love that challenges slavery, imprisonment, and the violence of the Civil War.

Teens have always wanted us as their parents to give them the reason behind us telling them, “No you cannot”, and why we take away stuff from them or why we always set boundaries that limits what they are allowed to do. Well, here is the answer! Like the eagle you are unique and born to rule the skies of life but without knowledge and training you can end up sitting on the ground like chickens; never spreading your wings to reach the great heights that you should. In essence “We want you to fly!” not walking on limbs or the ground where you do not belong. Born in 1974 and being the third to last child in a brood of fifteen was not easy; especially being part of a family that was steep in poverty. Due to the split between both parents by my sixteenth birthday I had moved eleven times, from Portland, Kingston, Clarendon and back again. I started attending school in1983 but since then I have achieved a Bachelor’s Degree in Production & Operations management. I am married to Karlene and the father of Jahle-el and reside in Kingston, Jamaica. My philosophy is “To be successful one must take systematic and calculated steps in the presence of risks.”